Health and Safety Executive Construction Division Refurbishment / Roofwork Inspection Initiative March 2010 Mike Cross Head of Operations (CD NW)
Aims • To achieve an improvement in industry standards. • To implement HSE’s small construction sites strategy in respect of roofwork activities. • To increase awareness of HSE’s expectations of this sector of the industry. • To demonstrate that HSE is prepared to use the enforcement tools at its disposal. • To gain information on good practice.
Why target refurbishment? Fatal Accidents 2009/10 (12 months)
Refurbishment: definition • • Work on existing properties • Refurbishment covers many project types: – Traditional e. g. old textile mill conversion into apartments – Retail e. g. upgrade/ re-branding of all stores – Domestic, e. g. conversion of large old house to apartments More than maintenance (e. g. painting and decorating) or repair (e. g. replacement of broken window or light fitting)
Key parameters • • March 1 -28 (4 weeks) • All types of refurbishment – commercial, domestic and industrial in scope • Key topics: falls from height (especially roofwork) and good order • Matters of evident concern also addressed Each inspection group was asked to visit at least 50 refurbishment sites during the period
Communications activity • • Overlap with Shattered Lives 3 • Local press releases issued to announce specific activities • Some local initiatives timed as follow up work after SHADs targeting key groups, e. g. roofers National press releases issued at start at end of initiative
2010 Refurbishment Inspection Initiative Results (1) Sites Contractors Sites where notices served Notices served Prosecutions under consideration 2014 2414 470 691 21
2010 Refurbishment Inspection Initiative Results (2) Notices Work at Height Good Order Other PN IN All 348 22 11 18 292
HSE Falls And Trips Inspection In Refurbishment Initiatives 2007/08 Notices Sites Contractors Falls Good Order Other Summer 07 1295 1586 246 37 143 February 08 1108 1419 317 30 138 Total 2403 3005 563 67 281
HSE Falls And Trips Inspection In Refurbishment Initiative 2009 Notices Sites Contractors Falls 1759 2145 282 Good Order 33 Other 186
Put another way…. . • 2007/8 – 1: 3 sites and 1: 4 contractors working so far below minimum standards that notices had to be served • 2009 – 1: 5 sites and 1: 5 contractors required notices • 2010 – 1: 4 sites and 1: 4 contractors required notices
Key points • These are not exercises in market research – we are deliberately targeting poorly performing sectors and businesses • The high levels of enforcement confirm that there is a strong correlation between the high accident incidence rates in refurbishment and poor management of risk • The refurbishment sector is not improving substantially year on year and will remain a key priority sector for HSE interventions
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